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Judgment date
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| June 2025 |
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Accused convicted on seven counts of stealing; prosecution proved ownership, appropriation and dishonesty beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal law — Stealing — Elements: ownership, appropriation, dishonest appropriation — Burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt — Weight of caution and charged statements — Credibility and prior inconsistent statements — Sentencing (concurrent five years IHL) — Restitution requires specific recovered quantities.
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30 June 2025 |
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An admission by the defendant’s grantor dispenses with proof and permits judgment for the plaintiff on the admitted land portion.
Civil procedure – appearance – conditional appearance not followed by steps to set aside service converts to unconditional appearance. Civil procedure – improper filing – non‑party defence filed without leave is struck out
Evidence – admissions – unequivocal admission by adversary or grantor dispenses with proof and permits judgment on admitted facts. Land law – trespass – recovery of possession, injunction and damages for trespass to admitted portion of land
Remedy – court may enter judgment in part limited to the area effectively admitted by the defendant/grantor
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27 June 2025 |
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Whether plaintiff may recover loss of rent and mesne profits for defendant's failure to complete leased building and wrongful occupation.
Land law – Lease/building contract – Covenanted obligation to complete two‑storey building – Breach by failure to complete top floor – Damages for loss of rent limited to the portion reserved to lessors – Mesne profits for wrongful occupation – Insufficiency of evidence to award cost of completion.
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23 June 2025 |
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Court dissolved marriage after finding respondent’s unreasonable behaviour caused breakdown; CCADR terms adopted as consent judgment.
Matrimonial Causes Act (Act 367) – Divorce – Breakdown beyond reconciliation – Unreasonable behaviour – Burden and standard of proof (preponderance of probabilities) – CCADR settlement adopted as consent judgment – Cancellation of marriage certificate – No order as to costs.
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20 June 2025 |
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The accused’s armed forcible entry made injury reasonably foreseeable, supporting an inference of intent and conviction for causing harm.
Criminal Law – Causing harm (s.69 Act 29) – Unlawful forcible entry – Bearing and using a matchet – Intention inferred under s.11(3) Act 29 – Acts subsequent to offence insufficient to rebut intent – Sentence and compensation awarded.
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20 June 2025 |
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Court found marriage irretrievably broken, dissolved it, and adopted the parties’ settlement on ancillary reliefs.
Family law – Divorce – Whether marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation – s.1(2), s.2(1)(f) Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 – standard of proof by preponderance of probabilities – adoption of parties’ Terms of Settlement as consent judgment – ancillary reliefs – costs each party to bear own.
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13 June 2025 |
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Court found marriage broken beyond reconciliation, granted divorce, and adopted the parties' settlement on ancillary reliefs.
Family law – Divorce – Whether marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation – Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 (Act 367) sections 1(2) and 2(1)(f) – standard of proof in civil divorce proceedings – adoption of parties’ Terms of Settlement as consent judgment – ancillary reliefs – costs.
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13 June 2025 |
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Accused convicted for unlawful control of narcotic drugs; confession and forensic report established possession and intent to traffic.
Narcotics law – Unlawful control/possession of narcotic drugs – Elements: custody and control, knowledge, trafficking – Forensic laboratory evidence – Voluntary caution/confession admissible and sufficient – Sentencing and destruction of exhibits.
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9 June 2025 |
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A spouse’s refusal to relocate was held to contribute to unreasonable behaviour and an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.
Family law — Divorce under Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 (Act 367) — Breakdown beyond reconciliation — s.2(1)(b) unreasonable behaviour — refusal to relocate as ground — balance of probabilities standard — adoption of parties' terms of settlement as consent judgment.
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5 June 2025 |
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Prosecution failed to prove robbery; the accused convicted of stealing and assault and sentenced to concurrent six‑month terms.
Criminal law – Robbery – elements: force, harm or threat – inconsistencies and failure to tender material exhibit undermining robbery charge; reduction to lesser offence (stealing) under s154(2) Act 30; assault (assault and battery) – unlawful touching proven; weight of caution statement and credibility where unsworn statement contradicts sworn evidence; duty to call material witnesses for an alibi.
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4 June 2025 |
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4 June 2025 |
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Ordinary family members cannot eject relatives from ancestral property without proving ownership, authority, or necessity to sue.
Family property — presumption of collective ownership upon death of ancestor; capacity to sue in respect of family property — head of family rule, authorization or necessity; burden of proof in civil cases — preponderance of probabilities; eviction claims against family members.
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3 June 2025 |
